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§56-4-62. Verification of Pleadings in Equity

If the plaintiff desire the defendant to answer the bill on oath, he must verify his bill by affidavit, and if the bill be so verified, the defendant must in like manner verify his answer. But if the bill be not verified, the defendant need not verify his answer, and if he does so it […]

§56-4-48. Judgment or Decree by Confession

In any action or suit instituted by process a defendant may, in the vacation of the court, and whether the action or suit be on the court docket or not, confess a judgment or decree in the clerk's office for so much principal and interest as the plaintiff may be willing to accept a judgment […]

§56-4-50. When Inquiry of Damages Unnecessary

There need be no such inquiry in any action upon a bond or other writing for the payment of money, which by its terms ascertains the amount to be paid thereunder, or against the drawer or indorsers of a bill of exchange or negotiable note, or in an action or scire facias upon a judgment […]

§56-4-51. Office Judgment; Affidavits by Plaintiff and Defendant; Judgment

Every judgment entered in the clerk's office in a case wherein there is no order for an inquiry of damages, and every nonsuit or dismission entered therein, shall, if not previously set aside, become a final judgment on the last day of the next succeeding term of the court wherein the action is pending. If […]

§56-4-52. Setting Aside Office Judgment; Trial

If a defendant against whom a judgment is entered in the office, whether an order for an inquiry of damages has been made therein or not, shall, before the end of the term at which it becomes final, appear and plead to issue, and shall, in the cases mentioned in the next preceding section in […]

§56-4-53. Hearing as to Defendants Served; Discontinuance

Where, in any action against two or more defendants, the process is served on part of them, the plaintiff may proceed to judgment as to any so served, and either discontinue it as to the others or from time to time, as the process is served as to such others, proceed to judgment as to […]